Culture 101

"Writing about music," an old expression goes, "is like dancing about architecture". An expression used to express the futility of translating music into words. So what about translating architecture… Read more Audio

If you've watched any of the leading television shows in the past 25 years, it's likely Lesli Linka Glatter had a hand in directing them. Mad Men, Homeland, Twin Peaks, Gilmore Girls and The Walking… Read more Audio

In South Canterbury, Geraldine is home to a unique vinyl and coffee outlet called The Record Keeper. It's entirely powered by solar power and a bit of a stage for up and coming musicians Next week… Read more Audio

Following a notorious night of debauchery, English novelist Mary Shelley becomes the mother of horror. Set in Geneva in Switzerland in 1816, ATC's new thriller, Mary: The Birth of Frankenstein… Read more Audio

FleaBITE have recently joined up with another popular and prodigious creative talent Takaka's Levity Beet to create the kids music duo BeetBITE. These two artists have between them taken top spots at… Read more Audio

Writer, academic and plus-size model, Kaarina Parker will be walking in this year's Fashion Week. It coincides with RNZ's new documentary series, Cutting The Curve, which looks at the new era of diet… Read more Audio

Arts News for 17 August 2025 Audio

Murder, monsters, werewolves and witchcraft… if you encase those elements in a thrilling script performed by beautiful stars, suddenly, we can't look away. Audio

Culture 101's Mark Amery had to borrow a car this week and, while he was driving, pressed a button on the display console and a female voice startled him, speaking to him in Japanese. Mark doesn't… Read more Audio

For his latest blending of documentary and fiction, filmmaker Igor Bezinovic has turned the camera on a stranger-than-fiction story from the history of his own port city on the Adriatic coast, Rijeka… Read more Audio

Interactive Comedian George Fenn joins Culture 101 to talk about his acclaimed show, Sexy Ghost Boy Read more Audio

Simon Lewis Wards plays with the idea of nostalgia through familiar, quotidian objects.

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